Plant diagnostics will be farm topic

Rachel Bombberger from the WSU Plant Diagnostics Clinic will be the guest speaker at the next farmers direct seed breakfast at the Colfax United Methodist Church Feb. 15 at 7 a.m. She will talk about some of the symptom she looks for in plants which are brought into the clinic. Diagnostics cover diseases, insects, plant nutrition and plantback symptoms. She will show live plants to demonstrate.

Brian Jones of Dusty will talk about his experiences with grazing oilseed crops with beef cattle and sheep. Host for the breakfast will be Ryan Kile of NW Farm Credit Services in Colfax....